LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Sun Ra: alien from Saturn or Herman Blount from Alabama? Either way, Sun Ra is one of the most interesting and prolific musicians in the history of jazz. Decades before his time, Sun Ra and his band, calling themselves the "arkestra," began forming their own alternative reality, a new plane of cultural existence in which blacks were all powerful beings, gods from another planet sending their intergalactic message through jazz music. This idea went on to influence everyone from Funkadelic to the Outcast, in fact when asked about Sun Ra, George Clinton once said, "Yeah, Sun Ra is out to lunch, same place I eat at". Do not miss this compilation of Sun Ra's rare early 7"s - for the first time ever in one collection on vinyl!"

Track listing - Side A: 1. A FOGGY DAY The Nu Sounds (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin) 2. DADDY'S GONNA TELL YOU NO LIE The Cosmic Rays (Sun Ra-Charles Orio-Calvin Barron) 3. DREAMING The Cosmic Rays (Sun Ra-Charles Orio-Calvin Barron) 4. DADDY'S GONNA TELL YOU NO LIE The Cosmic Rays (Sun Ra-Charles Orio-Calvin Barron) 5. BYE BYE The Cosmic Rays with Le Sun Ra and Arkestra (Matt Swift) 6. SOMEBODY'S IN LOVE The Cosmic Rays with Le Sun Ra and Arkestra (Lonnie Tolbert-Raymond Dancer) 7. MEDICINE FOR A NIGHTMARE Le Sun-Ra and his Arkistra previously unissued 8. SATURN Le Sun-Ra and his Arkistra 9. SUPERSONIC JAZZ Le Sun-Ra and his Arkistra 10. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU! The Qualities (Sun Ra-Alton Abraham) 11. IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME The Qualities (Sun Ra-Alton Abraham) Side B: 1. MUCK MUCK (MATT MATT) Yochanan (Yochanan-Alton Abraham-Sun Ra) 2. HOT SKILLET MAMA Yochanan (Yochanan-Alton Abraham-Sun Ra) 3. GREAT BALLS OF FIRE Le Sun Ra and his Arkestra 4. HOURS AFTER Le Sun Ra and his Arkestra (Sun Ra-Everett Turner) 5. TEENAGER'S LETTER OF PROMISES Juanita Rogers & Lynn Hollings with Mr. V's Five Joys (Juanita Rogers-Lynn Hollings) 6. I'M SO GLAD YOU LOVE ME Juanita Rogers with Mr. V's Five Joys (Lynn Hollings-Juanita Rogers) 7. OCTOBER Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra 8. ADVENTURE IN SPACE Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra""